In the age of globalization, huge colleges and universities are devoted entirely to preparing highly skilled filmmakers to take advantage of new advances in digital and 3D cinematography techniques.

The cinematographers of the 21st century have rejected old and bulky machines, heavy cars, camera equipment, lights, etc. As the 21st century offered a new kind of mechanization by offering cameras with digital sensors like: Arri Alexa, Red Gragon, Sony Cine Alta, Advanced compact Go Pro, new mobile phones as we are producing thousands of images. We are in the world of the digital sensor, which has the ability to store a huge amount of information instead of the old 35mm film. We are still making progress in the data field, as camera companies did not have compatible formats and codecs to record digital sensor data in an uncompressed format. The good news is that most camera companies now offer multiple image profiles like Log, Cinemascope Profiles, which can record images with high dynamic range, but the dynamic range of the eyes is still far ahead of our camera.

New technologies like Gimbals, Drones and sliders rejected the old dolly, crane, jimmy jib technologies and are much more on the market as they offer super stabilized shots. With the new digital capture and even the digital coloring software, it is now very easy to manipulate any digital image in the simplest time, such as color contrast, saturation, tint, color correction, advanced chrominance techniques. But we forget about the old film processing labs where hours were spent editing and preparing the film.

We as a cinematographer always look for different light sources to illuminate film sets, but we also want to work with available light as much as possible. Due to less natural light at night, most people prefer to shoot in studios or during the day. But thanks to digital advancements, we can now use different exposures even in the low light levels at night.

In earlier times, cinematographers were in the dilemma of choosing cameras due to the different requirements of a shot, but the cameras of the 21st century are much more advanced and offer all the latest features in one body, such as high FPS. , variable shutter, increased bit rates, different image profiles. , filming of raw formats, etc. The latest devices create stiff competition in the camera market. The team is just a tool; The development of technology helps humans to evolve in a much better way.